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Posted: November 25, 2008Duration: 2 min 40 sec Hitch a ride up and down on the left-hand solid rocket booster during shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 launch. This upward-facing camera on the booster provides a great view of the ascent and separation from the shuttle. (Includes live launch audio!)

Posted: November 25, 2008Duration: 2 min 44 sec From liftoff to separation high into the night sky, take a ride on shuttle Endeavour's right-hand solid rocket booster with movie from a video camera on the SRB facing upward. (Includes live launch audio!)

Posted: November 25, 2008Duration: 2 min 54 sec A downward-facing video camera mounted on the right-hand solid rocket booster gives this footage of the launch and continues through separation from the external tank. (Includes live launch audio!)

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STS-126 Flight Day 12: Media interviews

Posted: November 25, 2008Duration: 19 min 18 sec Members of the space shutttle Endeavour crew participate in live media interviews with KARE-TV of Minneapolis, KPAM-AM Radio of Portland and WTXF-TV of Philadelphia.

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STS-126 Flight Day 12: Status briefing

Posted: November 25, 2008Duration: 43 min 19 sec Space station flight director Holly Ridings and station program manager Mike Suffredini hold the Flight Day 12 edition of the Mission Status Briefing at 3:30 p.m. EST on November 25.

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STS-126 Flight Day 12: Update with station flight director

Posted: November 25, 2008Duration: 11 min 39 sec International Space Station flight director Brian Smith gives an update on activities aboard the combined shuttle-station complex and looks ahead to the work planned for Flight Day 12 during this interview early in the morning, Nov. 25.

Posted: November 24, 2008Duration: 25 min 48 sec STS-126's lead station flight director Ginger Kerrick and lead spacewalk officer John Ray hold the Mission Status Briefing for Flight Day 11 at 10 p.m. Nov. 24 following the fourth and final EVA of the mission.

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STS-126 Flight Day 11: New TV camera

Posted: November 24, 2008Duration: 18 min 37 sec Spacewalker Shane Kimbrough fetches a new external television camera package from the airlock and carries it the P1 truss. He installed the camera to assist in the arrival of Japan's unpiloted HTV cargo spacecraft starting next year.

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STS-126 Flight Day 11: Finishing starboard SARJ cleaning efforts

Posted: November 24, 2008Duration: 5 min 56 sec Stephen Bowen uses a scraper and wipes to finish cleaning the final section of the damaged starboard-side solar alpha rotary joint on the International Space Station.

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STS-126 Flight Day 11: Spacewalker's work will protect the port SARJ

Posted: November 24, 2008Duration: 2 min 35 sec Shane Kimbrough works on the port-side of the space station's truss structure where he performs preventive maintenance on the solar alpha rotary joint, adding lubrication to that paddle wheel mechanism.

Posted: November 24, 2008Duration: 12 min 1 sec International Space Station flight director Brian Smith gives an update on activities aboard the combined shuttle-station complex and looks ahead to the work planned for Flight Day 11 during this interview early in the morning, Nov. 24.

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STS-126 Flight Day 10: The highlights

Posted: November 24, 2008Duration: 38 min 15 sec The highlights of video downlinked from the space shuttle Endeavour and International Space Station during Flight Day 10 of the STS-126 mission are packaged into this movie, including Don Pettit's new way to drink coffee in space.

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STS-126 Flight Day 10: Status briefing

Posted: November 23, 2008Duration: 22 min 17 sec International Space Station flight director Courtenay McMillan holds the Mission Status Briefing for Flight Day 10 at 4:30 p.m. November 23 to report on the progress of troubleshooting and repairs to the newly installed water recycling system.

Posted: November 23, 2008Duration: 12 min 5 sec International Space Station flight director Brian Smith gives an update on activities aboard the combined shuttle-station complex and looks ahead to the work planned for Flight Day 10 during this interview early in the morning, Nov. 23.

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